Newer Classification System for Fissured Tongue: An Epidemiological Approach

Table 2

Correlation between pattern of fissuring and other tongue disorders.

Other tongue disorders	Pattern of fissuring										Total
	Central longi.		Central trans.		Branching		Diffuse		Lateral longi.
		%		%		%		%		%		%
No tongue disorders	188	53.4	37	10.5	63	17.9	48	13.6	16	4.5	352	100.0
Coated tongue	3	18.8	2	12.5	3	18.8	5	31.3	3	18.8	16	100.0
Oral submucous fibrosis	2	66.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	3	100.0
Depapillated tongue	1	33.3	2	66.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	100.0
Hairy tongue	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Crenated tongue	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	2	100.0
Ankyloglossia	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Lichen planus (reticular)	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Geographic tongue	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	2	66.7	0	0.0	3	100.0
Erythema	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Coated tongue + crenated tongue	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Coated tongue + leukoplakia	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Coated tongue + OSMF + depapillated tongue	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Depapillated tongue + angular cheilitis	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
Total	196	50.6	42	10.9	68	17.6	61	15.8	20	5.2	387	100.0

Fisher’s Exact Test (0.001).